[Slowhand] John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers Recordings

[Graves, Scott (UK)]

Nick, 

"Beano"is one of my fave albums, especially the expanded version with
the extra stuff; for me, it's the combination of EC's stinging tone and
the raw aggression of a young man on top of his art. I love the Derek
years too but it's a different vibe completely. In fact, it amazes me
how different my favourite EC eras sound: Bluesbreakers, Dominos and the

>From the Cradle/Nothing but the blues years.


I love hearing info about the bluebreaker and dominos years, partly
because I wasn't around to enjoy them back then. I've been lucky enough
to see EC enough times over the past couple of decades to feel that I've
got my fill of great music but I still fantasise about seeing EC back in
the sixties and early seventies. My father saw Clapton with the
bluesbreakers a number of times at the Flamingo in London and even
though he's not a guitar nut like me, he still goes misty eyed when he
talks about EC, standing in the background making these amazing sounds. 

So Nick, from my viewpoint keep up the posts !!! I love reading them and
I'm sure there are a number of other lurkers who do too !!!

Scott




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Hmmm, forgot about this one, so I gave it another listen today. Yes,
it's good, but I would say the studio version on A Hard Road is well-
thought-out, and here Peter Green  throws a bunch of stuff together.  
Oh, yeah. I wish I could play like this, but I've heard Green play
better on recordings with both Mayall and Fleetwood Mac. But it's good.
The recording qulity's not the best, but good enough. Sounds like "The
Stumble" was recorded by someone from his seat. The other recording with
Pete Green is a live "Double Trouble," which is good too. Funny how I
forgot these Pete Green tracks. But Peter Green was a stunningly
expressive and beautiful guitar player with both Mayall's band and
Fleetwood Mac, originally a blues band (it was originally called Peter
Green's Fleetwood Mac).

I'm surprised Lew didn't get this box set ("Essentially John Mayall")
when it came out. Another Decca release, "Live At The BBC," appeared at
roughly the same time, with other live Clapton Bluesbreakers recordings,
also previously available only via bootleg. If I remember correctly, I
made a fuss over both of these here on the Slowhand Digest. But few seem
actually interested in Clapton with Mayall, his formative and arguably
best phase of guitarmanship, along with Cream.  
Most here seem to relish EC's Derek & The Dominos and solo phases, and
not much more.

How about a shout here in the Slowhand Digest from all those who enjoy
Clapton's John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers period! Let us know that you
appreciate "Beano," "Stormy Monday," and that great, throaty, searing
Les Paul tone (rather than that tinny Beach Boys sound).

				Nick

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